ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF MOTORSORT UPRIGHT BRACKETS

The MTC, in partnership with Oxford Brookes formula one students, has used Additive Manufacturing (AM) to produce titanium uprights giving a 50% weight saving. The motorsport car was awarded: TOP UK Team Overall and 2nd Overall.

“We've made a 50% reduction in un-sprung mass by using AM. These technologies transform the way you design parts, you can now do things that were previously unthinkable in terms of geometries.”

Joe Panik, Oxford Brooks University.

The Challenge

MTC engineers and Oxford Brookes had to design, manufacture titanium complex uprights within four weeks for the motorsport race car. Key challenges for this project included:

Producing fully functioning parts by AM that could be validated for racing. This included design, manufacture, inspection and machining.